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Dutch colonial documents, Van Cortlandt deeds, and early Westchester settlement
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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
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| E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856) | 1005 | 189,431 | Original → |
| Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848) | 325 | 61,761 | Original → |
| Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848) | 236 | 43,115 | Original → |
| E.B. O'Callaghan (1849) | 153 | 26,639 | Original → |
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Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] southern border of the Highlands, and the general surface is hilly, though its hills are of a moderate height in the south.''^ The numerous streams supply abundance of mill seats. " The soil is generally productive, and we…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Younckers. Jonkers and Yonkers, is derived from the Dutch " Jonker" or "Jonkheer," meaning in that language the ''young gentleman,^'' a common appellation for the heir of a Dutch fam-ily.a Yonkers and the Mile Square const…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Uavidt Piettersen ue Vries, ) In presence of me Cornelis van Tienhoven, Sec'y." How long the Dutch West india Company held the lands of Kekeshick, does not appear; but about the year A. D. 1646, we find the Indian sachem T…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] •.-. ' The awful likeness was impressed \^, ' The second and last place of sepulture used by the Indians in this town, is now nearly covered by the barn and out buildings of Benjamin Fowler, Esq. The site was well chosen o…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Jacobus ■van Cortlandt in possession of the old Younckers, A. D. 1701.^ 1692, we find an Indian chief at Bedford called Wappowham.^ The last remnant of his tribe in this place was a noble Indian by the name of Shucktaman, …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] 406 ^' ' HISTORY OF THE " Patroon Killian van Rensselaer, for the New Netherlands, On his arrival he was created sheriff" of Rensselaerwyck."=i ^fter remaining here for tv\^o or three years, and finding him-self disappoint…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] This fact is proved by the testimony taken before his Excellency, Richard NicoUs, the first English Gover-nor of New York, A. D, 16(34, when it was distinctly declared, " That the Indian proprietor's name, who was chief of…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] of PatroonSji enjoyed all the feudal appendages attached thereto, such as power to erect a church or churches; to administer juris-diction, to decide civil suits, to impose fines, to pronounce the first sentence, finally t…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] At the Hague, 1650.) This attempt to shake the authority of the Dutch West India Company, proved abortive, and only served to re-act unfavorably upon the disaffected; 19 March, 1050, oc-curs a contract between the Dutch We…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] During the Patroon's stay in Holland, he had shipped for Colen Donck seven persons, four of whom had cruelly deserted and betrayed him. Upon this we find him again petitioning the Directors of the Dutch We.^t Iiidia Compan…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] After I attained this grant in the year 1646, I resolved to reside here, erected a saw mill and laid out a farm and plantation, and was actually resolved to continue on this spot, when I further with consent of the Directo…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] b Alb. Rec. vol. viii. 79. 5 Holland Doc. No. XXV. 118. Vol. it. 53 410 HISTORY OF THE -'■ About this period, the Palroon commenced the compilation of his celebrated book, entitled " Beschyvinge van Nieuw Neder-}and," or a…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] general massacre by the Indians, A. D, 16.55. This letter was despatched by the Director General, Peter Stuyvesant and council, to Holland, in a vessel called the Fox, commanded by the skipper, Jacob Jansen Hay^s. Honorabl…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] 1655, during the absence of Stuyvesant, when the warriors of the Algonquin tribes, made a furious onset upoij the colony. See Bancroft's Ilis. U. S., vol. ii. 299. 412. r ^ HISTORY OF THE savages declared and solicited the…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] « Benson's Mem. of N. Y. 56.,." 4l6 HISTORY OF THE •■ " of our Sovereign Lord, William the Third, by the grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, <fcc., and in the year of our Lord…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] In testimony whereof the parties to these presents have set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. This property is still vested in a descendant of Jacobus van Cortlandt. 13ih August, 1701, we find the…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] " 417 claim to ihe said tract of land called the old Younckers, and to every part and parcel tlieieof, and do hereby acknowledge the above consideration to be in Cull of ail dues and demands whatsoever, for the said tract …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] 27 Aiigusr, 16S5, John Delaval sold his third part in the same to Frederick Philipse, as also Gcertje, wife of Thouias Lewis, Lodowick Lewis, Barent Lewis, Leonard Lewis, Katherine Lewis and Thomas Lewis, by deed conveyed …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Frederick Philipse being now vested in the fee simple, the whole territory was by royal charter, erected into the lordship and manor of Philipsborough, to be holden of the king, in free and common soccage, its lord yieldin…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] large appear; and, whereas the said Thomas Deleval, by a certain deed of indenture, sealed with the seal, and bearing dale the 27ih day of August, in the year of our Lord, 1685, did, for the consideration therein mentioned…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] at large appear, and whereas the Honorable Thomas Dongan late gov.
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] of our province of New York, &c., aforesaid, by virtue of the power in him then residing hath, by another grant or patent sealed with the seal of our said pro-vince of New York, and registered in our secretary's office of …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] southerly two chains twenty links, thence north six degrees twenty-five min-utes, seven chains and seventy links, to the stake where the line first began, being bounded on the north-west by a certain parcel of meadow said …
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
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Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] ing, rendering, and paying therefor, yearly and every year, on the feast day of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, at our fort at New York unto us, our heirs and successors, the annual rent of £4 128. current mon…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Portugucs creek, and thence according to ye courjje of that creek in-to ye woods to ye head of ye same from thence on a last line to the creek called the Yunkers creek, and thence to continue on the same course to Broncks'…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] Joseph Oakley 164 Glode Requa 296 Elnathan Taylor.. 100 Frederick van Cortlandt 105 John Dead 136 On the east side of this town, bordering the Bronx's river, is situated a tract of land called the Mile Square^ lying princi…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] The latter family have been long resi-dents here, and are still possessed of a large estate, which has been successively occupied for several generations. By marriage they are connected with the ancient family of the Valen…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] daring to approach it after dusk, Valentine's hill, is a high ridge bordering the Mile square on the west; its summit affords one of the finest views in West Chester County. To the east the eye ranges over an extensive cou…
Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)
[Robert Bolton, Jr. (1848)] specimen occurs the following: COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER. -4^ Op Nipper a Des 20 Mars No. 1727. den 20 Mars heft Theis Valentin en syn Moeder hier gebracht 13i boschel tarwe vor de hner von land vor ye Tahr Ao 1726. Yonckers, …